5/23/18

Grilling Pork Tenderloin is easier than you think, and when you add in a wonderful Cherry Chipotle marinade and sauce. you'll find yourself fighting over the last piece!This post is sponsored in conjunction with #BBQWeek. I received product samples from sponsors to use in creating #BBQWeek recipes. However, all opinions are mine alone.

If you have never tried grilling a pork tenderloin, you must try! It grills up pretty quick since it's a smaller, boneless cut of meat. I'll teach you my trick though, for keeping it moist, as pork can dry out quickly especially on the grill.

The secret to today's Cherry Chipotle Marinade starts with Not Ketchup's Cherry Chipotle Sauce. Not Ketchup has a wonderful line of sauces that have no added sugar, corn syrup or artifial sweeteners! I kid you not! they have a wide range of grilling and dipping sauces that will tantilize your taste buds!

I love that I can just order them on Amazon! My husband is diabetic, so finding sauces that won't send his blood sugar levels sky rocketing is impossible.. till now! I love that I can trust the ingredients in them, and the flavors are just amazing!

This Cherry Chipotle sauce is not too hot! I can barely handle mild heat.. I am such a wimp, and I love this sauce! It is very kid friendly, so don't let the name scare you off! This sauce is a wonderful blend of flavors that goes great with pork, salmon chicken.

I love to make a marinade for it, with the sauce, and then use the sauce to dab on just at the end of grilling as well for serving. I use a gas grill, but you can use charcoal as well.

Cherry Chipotle Grilled Pork Tenderloin

Grilled Pork tenderloin in a cherry chipotle marinade and sauce. Lightly sweet, but not too spicy, this mild sauce is perfect for every one in the family!

ingredients:

Approx. 2 lb. pork tenderloin

2 Tablespoon Vegetable oil for brushing on the grill.

Marinade

1/3 cup Cherry Chipotle Sauce such as Not Ketchup Brand

2 Tablespoons olive oil

2 cloves garlic minced

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon minced fresh rosemary

1/4 cup Lemon juice or water

instructions:

Combine marinade ingredients. Pour half into a resealable bag with the pork tenderloin. Seal and cover pork. refrigerate and marinate for at least 1 hour prior to grilling.

Cover and refrigerate remaining marinade. to use in a later step.

Preheat grill to medium high heat. Drain and discard the marinade from the pork. Brush grill with oil to prevent meat from sticking.

Place tenderloin over direct heat. Let grill for 4-5 minutes on each side turning to cover all 3 sides.

Remove from direct heat and place tenderloin back onto indirect heat toward the edge near the heat for about 8-10 per side, or till internal temperature reaches 145° with a thermometer.

remove the pork tenderloin from the grill, and place onto a sheet of aluminum foil. Bring up the edges of the foil around the pork. Pour in the remaining marinade. seal the foil. Allow the pork to rest for 10 minutes.

Before slicing and serving, brush on 2 Tablespoons of Cherry Chipotle sauce over the top of the tenderloin. Serve warm.

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5/21/18

This Blackened Chicken, Asparagus and Avocado Salad with Lemon Pepper Yogurt Dressing is restaurant worthy, but only takes a few minutes to throw together! You'll find yourself wanting to lick your bowl clean..I promise! It's that good!This post is sponsored in conjunction with #BBQWeek. I received product samples from sponsors to use in creating #BBQWeek recipes. However, all opinions are mine alone.

This salad will have you craving it all summer long! It's simply divine, and you just have to make the Lemon Pepper Yogurt dressing to drizzle on top! Oh Mylanta! It just puts the salad over the top , and no other dressing would really do! Plus you can pronounce all the ingredients, and it take just a second or two to whip together!

This recipe came from my daughter in law. She said it originally called for Shrimp, but she changed it to chicken to suit her young children and budget. Since I don't care for seafood, that worked just fine for me too! I will tell you, my husband only stopped eating it long enough to say how much he loved it... several times, and to make "Mmmm" sounds along the way! Seriously! It's that good!

With great Sponsors like Michigan Asparagus and Adams Spices and Extracts my recipe was for sure to turn out fantastic! The asparagus was fresh from the farm picked! It was young, tender, and crisp! t he spices were flavorful with unique blends that taste like they discovered your own secret spice rubs and mix recipes! I used the Burgers & Fries blend of spices, a great all purpose blend that you will love using on many dishes!

Thank you to #BBQWeek Sponsors: Adam’s Extracts, Michigan Asparagus, and Not Ketchup for providing the prizes free of charge. These sponsors also provided bloggers with samples and product to use for creating #BBQWeek recipes. All opinions are my own.

The #BBQWeek giveaway is open to U.S. residents, age 18 and up.

There will be three winning entries that will be verified.

The prize packages will be sent directly from the giveaway sponsors.

The #BBQWeek Bloggers are not responsible for the fulfillment or delivery of the prize package.

Participating bloggers and their immediate family members cannot enter or win the giveaway.

No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited by law.

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5/12/18

Celebrate 365 Blog Party is hosting a Spring Salad Link Party! Come on in and join the fun!

With Spring Comes a burst of fresh Salad options and we are compiling a list of wonderful recipes and ideas that are all salad related to inspire you!

May is National Salad Month! This means trips to the local farmers market, or produce section of your local store just brings a trove of fresh vegetables and fruits, seeds or nuts are just waiting to be tossed into salads. Meats are waiting to be grilled, seafood steamed, and tossed in to make a healthy main dish to fuel your busy family.

Do you want to learn how to Make Your Own Fresh Vinaigrette Dressings, for all these great salads in any flavor combination without an exact recipe, any time you want? I have a great how to tutorial that teaches you how to mix and choose the right combinations of ingredients so you can make your own versions any time you want! I love Strawberry Vinaigrette. Here's my tutorial to get you started:

5/6/18

May's Monthly Meal Planner is full of wonderful meals that help you fill this celebration filled month with wonderful foods, from Cinco de Mayo celebrations, to Mothers' Day.

May is a busy month, and with it we need meals that will help us celebrate as well as just help us feed our family while we are "on the go". So I picked a crock pot meal that you can start in the morning and have it ready to feed your family at night, to a quick but filling Salad, are just a few of the great ideas in this months Meal Planner.

This month is a HUGE month at my house! 2 of my married children are packing up both their homes together into 1 moving truck and moving across country back "home" to Virginia!. I am so excited! My grandchildren will be within better "spoiling' distance! My daughter and husband will be moving in with us for a few months so we are making room for the newlyweds! My son and his family are moving about 2 hours away, but still close enough to be within "hugging" distance. (They've ALL been 2000 miles away. so I am very excited!). I will be needing to brush off my Feed a crowd recipes for sure! These enchiladas and Spanish rice dishes this month are a great one to start with!

Now if I could just get the youngest to finish school, find his special someone, and manage to move here too..

Chicken Enchiladas to Feed a Crowd are perfect for your Cinco de Mayo celebration. 3 Whether it's just for your family or your taking it to a larger potluck meal at work, or other celebration. These freeze well, so make ahead or divide the dish into smaller portions for several smaller meals.

Cheesy Spanish Rice not only feeds a crowd, it is too die for! It's not your average spanish rice at all! It's got 3 kinds of cheese, including queso fresco, creamy sour cream, green chiles, and more! Your guests will be begging for the recipe!

Lemon Pepper Pasta is a special dish perfect for Mothers Day or to take to a brunch.

Versatile with the vegetables, broccoli or asparagus is a perfect choice also. Rich with real butter, cream, and garlic, along with amazing seasonings, your family will feel your love when you serve this up.

Spring means Salad Season! Well I eat this Cobb Salad year round really. It's a filling full meal all by itself. I make it for our whole entire family. With Chicken, bacon, eggs, cheese, tomatoes, along with crisp fresh salad greens, we dive right in and have some cheesy bread on the side.

Sometimes I use rotisserie chicken, or I 'll grill some extra chicken breasts, I even use crispy chicken tenders baked up too in the salad, what ever I've got on hand at the time.

Can't get through May without a Honey Bun Cake! If you aren't familiar, you really need to make this cake! It tastes like a honey bun, with swirls of cinnamon & brown sugar through out the cake and topped with a wonderful glaze. It's very addicting. It looks innocent, but it is not. It just keeps you coming back nibbling and nibbling for more!

4/28/18

With Spring comes Brunch! Whether you celebrate Mother's Day with a wonderful Brunch, or need to pull together a Brunch for teachers at the end of the year, or for Church, or work, or other event, having a collection of great Brunch Ideas is worth gathering together!

Celebreate 365 Blog Party loves pulling together a great Brunch for our Mom's, and we need your help to gather a great list of recipes and ideas. This is me and my daughter a few months ago, just after she said her I Do's!.. We must celebrate the precious moments, and the wonderful women in our lives!

I love a variety of sweet and savory! French Toast Casserole is one of my go to's, but I also love a classic Breakfast Casserole, along with fruits, and even a yogurt parfait bar! (That's always a huge hit when I pull that together!).

Do you put together a fun drinks/ juice bar? how do you make your Brunch special?
I love serving fresh made Orange Julius Drinks!

Come share your favorite Brunch recipes! From breakfast to early lunch ideas, drinks, breads, sweet and savory. Fruits, veggies, the sky is the limit if it fits in with the brunch theme!